Species:

Antaresia stimsoni

Large-blotched Python

Some other names for this species:

Stimson's Python, Inland Children's Python

February 6, 2003
Watarrka National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
Large-blotched Python (Antaresia stimsoni)
Large-blotched Python (Antaresia stimsoni)

The snake in the top picture was my first ever wild python. It was perhaps a little anticlimactic in this role, being only about 8 inches long. Still, a python is a python. The one in the bottom picture was a relative monster at about 10 inches. I found both of these road-cruising at night as they inched across the highway.

Here is a complete list of the reptiles and frogs I saw on this trip to Australia.